Goodbye 2004, the best year for me so far ...

another year have been, 365 days of life and living life. however, i may say that this year was the best year for me so far.

on January, my dad got married to a woman he had loved for more than five years now. i am really so happy for him, i know that life isn't that simple and all and someone should have someone to be with, share life with and to grow old with. i am so happy that my dad had finally found that someone he is really destined to love. i thank tita Rea for giving my daddy back his life and for making him complete.

February is a month where i got a lot from school. i had completed writing our thesis for our Business System; was invited to write an article for our college paper, LiteHaus; had developed a website for Tandang Sora National High School, and won User's Choice Award on the Website Exhibit done on the school campus; i was awarded outstanding student of the year, consistent Dean's Lister, a Leadership Award, and an Academic Excellency Award.

on March, i had my first job application, my first job interview, and i had my first job in my life officially. i started working as a Customer/ Technical Support eRep for Earthlink Web Hosting, a client of our company PeopleSupport, march 16 to be exact. i am very much aware that employment on our country is really hard, and i feel so lucky to have been accepted right away. it's really a blessing.

we had a great vacation getaway on April. we went to a white sand beach called Sea Park Beach Resort in San Fernando La Union over the Holy week. the beach was sooo cool! it is really worth the trip. the trip going to La Union is basically five hours. all of the beaches there are fully booked, we cannot get any cottages, not even rooms to stay in. after about two hours of search, we found this very beautiful beach. the sand is basically white, the cottage we stayed in was just 20 meters away from the water itself and the design of the entire place is so nice which will make you feel boracay or bohol. we stayed there for two days. after that we went to baguio and spent an entire day around, shopping for food and stuffs. it was a great vacation for us, it's the first time we had a trip like that as a family. were planning to do it again this summer.

technically, i am already a college graduate on march, but officially, i graduted on May, the 28th day to be exact, it was held at the Philippine International Convention Center. it was a great event seeing all the graduates from all 20+ colleges of STI in the metro. the feeling of actually walking on the march, going up the stage, accepting your diploma, shaking the hand of the CEO and taking pictures of yourself on a nice dress and a black toga on top of it all. the faith you have in yourself would bloom more confidence, feeling proud that you have already completed 15 years of school, wahoo!

after four years of living with my in-laws and being fed through the hands of my mother-in-law. carlo, nianne and i had managed and moved out of their place on the 2nd of June. my mom actually had offered to give us my apartment and we decided that it's about time. thinking that carlo and i have our own regular income and all that, well, we love each other, we love our family so we know we can make it, and we are actually are doing well up to this day.

one of the most important day in my life happened on July, this is the most special month of the year for all of us actually. carlo's birthday is on the 10th, nianne and my birthday is on the 22nd, while our anniversary is on the 23rd, and our wedding happened on the 31st. we have been planning for the wedding since before nianne was born. however, since carlo and i would like everything to happen on the right time, place and order so we waited. well, it's worth the wait, the event that was planned and prepared for more than three months was a success. an event that touched the hearts of our family and friends, an event that we would treasure and keep.

when we moved in to our new home, we didn't manage to furnish the house and all that at first, we were all busy for the wedding that's why. however on August, we had finally completed the furnitures we needed, but the designing, as we all know is a never ending process. haha!

a new innovation on my technical life happened on September. aside from the fact that my frienster account had boomed continuously, i started doing a blog, a journal which serves as my online diary. it's kinda cool because i actually write just everything that's happening to me everyday, i post stuffs regarding how i feel and how think of something, just about anything that i thought, without knowing who would be the people to read them... cool! aside from the blog, i had developed another website for myself. but this time, it's a website all about me, meaning ALL! another good thing about this site is that it's open over the web for everyone to see. this site i may say is my official one, though it's still in the process of completion until today.

a blessing had come to the Aladin Family on October. my sister by my dad was born, her name is Alexa Guillen. what's sooo funny about this baby is that she looks like me a lot! looking at her is like staring in front of the mirror seeing myself on a smaller version. she is so adorable!

two of my bestfriends in life are Erin and Cris. we've known each other forever since we are childhood friends and all that. they are even my bridesmaids on my wedding. well, on November they broke the news to me that they gave birth! i was shocked, come to think that they're both five months pregnant on my wedding day and they didn't even tell the bride. well, the're just scared of sermon that's why. basically, what i felt was envy. we saw each other on new year's day, they were both carrying their babies and i cuddle no one, nianne is already a bata! erin got a baby boy named Danielle, while cris got a baby girl named Franchezca, that's her second already by the way, the first one is Tyrone. well, babies are blessing. it's just so funny to think that generation today are really a generation of young, beautiful moms! but no matter what, we'll always be here for each other, with or without a baby!

i practically grew up without even seeing my one and only uncle (father side) in person. but after 19 years of being based in australia, my tito jesse came home and i saw him personally for the first time on December. it's cool, it's as if my dad is also around since the sound of their voices were just the same, and the best thing about that was that it made my lolo very happy, and we all enjoy each other's company all the time.

this year had basically changed my life a lot. i am going to face the new year with a stable job, being happily married, and living with my loved ones on our own place, on our own way, and that i am just simply happy!